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The Clockwork Girl: The captivating and hotly-anticipated mystery you won’t want to miss in 2022! Hardcover – 3 Mar. 2022
Anna Mazzola (Author) See search results for this author |
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'Historical fiction with a fantastical twist, done with verve and skill' IAN RANKIN
'An atmospheric and constantly surprising thriller' THE TIMES
'Kept me guessing until the end. An absolute masterpiece' JENNIFER SAINT
'A deliciously dark historical novel of thrilling originality' ESSIE FOX
'Spellbinding, gripping, immersive and deliciously gothic' ERIN KELLY
'Evocative, chilling, compelling' TAMMY COHEN
'Breathtakingly good' ABIR MUKHERJEE
Paris, 1750.
In the midst of an icy winter, as birds fall frozen from the sky, chambermaid Madeleine Chastel arrives at the home of the city's celebrated clockmaker and his clever, unworldly daughter.
Madeleine is hiding a dark past, and a dangerous purpose: to discover the truth of the clockmaker's experiments and record his every move, in exchange for her own chance of freedom.
For as children quietly vanish from the Parisian streets, rumours are swirling that the clockmaker's intricate mechanical creations, bejewelled birds and silver spiders, are more than they seem.
And soon Madeleine fears that she has stumbled upon an even greater conspiracy. One which might reach to the very heart of Versailles...
A intoxicating story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom.
- Print length368 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherOrion
- Publication date3 Mar. 2022
- Dimensions16 x 3.6 x 23.6 cm
- ISBN-101398703788
- ISBN-13978-1398703780
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This book has everything I love. A deliciously dark historical novel of thrilling originality. Immensely clever and entertaining, this is a dazzling gothic novel where science, sin and subterfuge are as intricately rendered as the workings of a clock ― Essie Fox
Evocative, chilling, compelling. Anna Mazzola brings 18th Century Paris vividly to life in all its stinking, disease-ridden brutality. Tremendous ― Rachel Rhys/Tammy Cohen
The Clockwork Girl instantly draws you in, immersing the reader in a Paris of filth and greed, money and sin. Madeleine is a clever, captivating guide to this world, her story dark and bewitching. I loved it
Rarely have I been so utterly swept away by the opening pages of a novel as I was with The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola - this book hooked me in and didn't let go. 1750 Paris was exquisitely wrought, from the freezing and fetid underbelly of the back streets and brothels to the glittering decadence of Versailles. This intricate and twisting story kept me guessing until the end. An absolute masterpiece! ― Jennifer Saint
Unbelievably immersive - from the first page you are plunged into 18th century Paris and you won't want to leave. It is a gripping, gothic tale... three unforgettable women caught in a web of intrigue and murders. You really won't want to miss this. ― Elodie Harper
Deliciously creepy, alive with the rustling silks, rotten smells and lethal egos of a divided Paris. Loved it ― Sarah Hilary
'Anna Mazzola's new novel is a macabre tale of social upheaval and aristocratic skullduggery set against a beautifully evoked 1750s Paris. Mazzola immerses us in the political intrigues of the period, weaving a dark tale of vanished children, an obsessive genius, and courtly machinations. Told through the voices of three very differing women this is another accomplished slice of historical noir from a sure-footed exponent of the genre ― Vaseem Khan
A superb historical novel set in a brilliantly evoked 18th century Paris, The Clockwork Girl will delight and enthral and leave you wanting more ― William Ryan
Drawing you into 18th century Paris from the very first page, this book is a dark delight. Anna is uniquely amazing at letting you into her characters' heads & hearts, so you carry on thinking about them long after you stop reading... A Gothic gem ― Beth Underdown
A treat in store for lovers of historical fiction next March. The Clockwork Girl is vivid & meticulously detailed. From the filth of Paris to the surprisingly squalid salons of Versailles in 1750, Anna Mazzola has crafted this dark jewel of a novel with the precision of a watchmaker...Glittering macabre ― Kate Griffin
Spellbinding, gripping, immersive and deliciously gothic, I was happy to lose a whole weekend to THE CLOCKWORK GIRL. Beautiful prose brings the smells of 18th century Paris to life so vividly that you almost read the book with a scented handkerchief under your nose. No one gets under history's skin like Anna Mazzola. ― ERIN KELLY
A chilling tale ― WOMAN & HOME
Chilling and compelling, this is a gothic masterpiece that fans of historical fiction will love ― S MAGAZINE, SUNDAY EXPRESS
Conjuring up a world of sin and danger, this intoxicating historical mystery is brilliantly original ― HEAT
An inventive historical mystery. Gloriously gothic. ― BEST
Captivating ― THE I
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- Publisher : Orion (3 Mar. 2022)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 368 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1398703788
- ISBN-13 : 978-1398703780
- Dimensions : 16 x 3.6 x 23.6 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 39,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 11 in Antique & Collectable Clocks & Watches
- 302 in Drama (Books)
- 1,241 in Victorian Historical Romance (Books)
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About the author

Anna is a writer of historical thrillers and Gothic fiction. Her influences include Sarah Waters, Daphne Du Maurier and Shirley Jackson.
Her third novel, The Clockwork Girl, set in Paris in 1750 and based partly on the story of the vanishing children of Paris, is out now. Her debut novel, The Unseeing, which won an Edgar Allan Poe award is based on the life of a real woman called Sarah Gale who was convicted of aiding a murder in London in 1837. Her second novel, The Story Keeper, follows a folklorist’s assistant as she searches out dark fairytales and stolen girls on the Isle of Skye in 1857. The Story Keeper was nominated for the Highland Book Prize. Her fourth novel, The House of Whispers, is a ghost story set in Fascist Italy, which will be published in April 2023.
Anna is also a human rights and criminal justice solicitor, working with victims of crime. She lives in Camberwell, South London, with her husband, two children and a snake called Amber.
Anna loves to hear from readers, so do say hello on social media or via her website.
http://annamazzola.com
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https://www.instagram.com/annamazzolawriter/
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Paris and Versailles brought to life. Horrifyingly fascinating and compulsive reading.